Vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine includes a field winding wound on a rotor for magnetizing a field pole of the rotor, a stator winding for generating an AC voltage in accordance with a rotating magnetic field generated by the field pole, a power converter for converting the AC voltage to a DC voltage and outputting the DC voltage through a first power supply line connected to an output terminal thereof, and a load dump handling section for performing a load dump protection operation when a voltage of the output terminal of the power converter exceeds a threshold voltage. The load dump handling section is supplied with operating power through a second power supply line provided separately from the first power supply line.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine comprising:
 a field winding wound on a rotor for magnetizing a field pole of the rotor; 
 a stator winding for generating an AC voltage in accordance with a rotating magnetic field generated by the field pole; 
 a power converter for converting the AC voltage to a DC voltage and outputting the DC voltage through a first power supply line connected to an output terminal thereof; and 
 a load dump handling section for performing a load dump protection operation when a voltage of the output terminal of the power converter exceeds a first threshold voltage, the load dump handling section being supplied with operating power through a second power supply line provided separately from the first power supply line. 
 
     
     
       2. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising a power supply circuit for supplying the operating power to the load dump handling section,
 the output terminal of the power converter being connected to a first battery through the first power supply line, 
 the power supply circuit being connected to a second battery provided separately from the first battery through the second power supply line. 
 
     
     
       3. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the load dump handling section performs the load dump protection operation by reducing a power generation torque of the vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine, and increasing a reactive current flowing through the stator winding. 
     
     
       4. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the load dump handling section performs the load dump protection operation by controlling a q-axis current flowing through the stator winding to zero, and controlling a d-axis current flowing through the stator winding to a predetermined value other than zero. 
     
     
       5. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the power converter includes a bridge circuit having an upper arm and a lower arm connected in series for each of phase windings of the stator winding, at least one of the upper arm and lower arm being formed of a switching element, the load dump handling section performing the load dump protection operation by turning on the switching elements of all the upper arms or lower arms. 
     
     
       6. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the load dump handling section terminates the load dump protection operation at a moment when the voltage of the output terminal of the power converter decreases below a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage. 
     
     
       7. The vehicle-mounted electric rotating machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the load dump handling section stops supply of a field current to the field winding while the load dump protection operation is performed, and terminates the load dump protection operation at a moment when a current actually flowing through the field winding becomes zero or a predetermined value.